WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEATRE EDUCTION
It’s not just a production… It’s theatre education, in an environment that values personal worth as much as production values.
In a Celestial STUDIO production, actors don’t just learn the show…they learn technique that lasts a lifetime.
About Celestial STUDIO
Celestial STUDIO’s Lab Productions are for students who:
Are 11 – 18 years old
Want to explore acting at deeper levels
Long for a caring, nurturing theatre environment
Have any level of experience, and are hungry to learn
Are thinking of studying theatre in college
Professional-Level Training
Receive conservatory-style instruction inspired by MFA-level acting methodology and technique, giving students a strong artistic foundation.
Learn from Industry Professionals
Train alongside experienced theatre professionals who provide expert mentorship, real-world insight, and personalized instruction throughout the program.
Perform in a Full Production
Put your training into practice by rehearsing and performing in a fully staged theatrical production, gaining valuable onstage experience and confidence.
Discover Your Talent & Grow
Develop your unique strengths while building creativity, discipline, collaboration, and performance skills that prepare you for success both on and off the stage.
"Celestial STUDIO (Formerly Rich STUDIO) is an answered prayer for our daughter and our continued homeschooling journey. After the first 10 weeks, our daughter commented, “The training at Rich STUDIO has surpassed any acting class I have taken. Rich STUDIO instructors teach advanced acting technique that reaches beyond the surface level.”
The Process
Each Lab Production begins with an Educational Intensive that includes one or more select Theatre Education Touchstone Topics™.
Touchstone Topic™
Serving as the spine of our theatrical process, participants spend the first few weeks of each Intensive in class instruction (theatre education), during which they learn techniques and concepts that serve as keystone markers to their artistic journey.
Production (Applied Education)
After the instruction period, all participants will audition for and be cast in the production.
Actors can expect:
Guidance in concept application
Actor coaching
Assigned, required ACTOR’S HOMEWORK to aid in their artistic development.
Material for each Lab Production is selected based on the Touchstone Topics™ being taught. We often write original curriculum to address the major challenges of each production and guide the training for each topic.
Each Lab Production is a class first, with the production serving as a workshop for immediate application of newly acquired skills.
For example…
Lab Production: Mary Poppins
Touchstone Topic™: RP Accent Training
Celestial STUDIO students get more than just stage experience. They learn self-efficacy and a host of marketable skills for wherever life takes them—all from trained theatre professionals.
THE ENVIRONMENT
Training takes place in a safe, fun environment, curated to be nurturing, uplifting, and inclusive —allowing students the freedom to be truly creative.
Our one-of-a-kind system is designed specifically for ages 11-18. Through Celestial STUDIO Lab Productions, students grow as artists while developing valuable transferable skills that serve them in every future endeavor:
Creativity
Communication
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Social Confidence
Empathetic Reasoning
Time Management
Discipline
Teamwork
Emotional Intelligence
Listening
Non Verbal Communication
And More!
THE FINAL PRODUCT
Young performers need experiential knowledge of the full mechanics of theatre for complete artistic development. Fully produced shows create a beautiful final product of which students can be proud. Celestial STUDIO alumni are equipped with first-hand knowledge of the collaboration, teamwork, as well as individual artistic ownership that takes place in theatrical productions. They understand their part in the show, aware that it takes more than just actors to put a story on stage.
And the final product is more than a beautiful show. It is the training and knowledge our students take with them that lasts for the rest of their lives. Whether they do musicals, straight plays, screen acting, drama classes, speech and debate competition, college interviews, leadership roles, or anything—Celestial STUDIO alumni gain the poise and confidence that can only be gleaned from theatrical training.